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  • The Space Science Education Resource Directory
    is a convenient way to find NASA space science products for use in classrooms, science museums, planetariums, and other settings. There are several ways to search this directory: Grade/Subject Search [more info] Topic Search [more info] Custom Search [more info] To do a quick search by keyword, you can use the search box available in the upper left-hand corner of every page.
  • AfterSchool.org
    Promising Practices in Afterschool System (PPAS) is an effort to find and share things that are working in afterschool programs. The PPAS website is for program directors, staff, volunteers, parents, community members, policymakers, funders, researchers, and others who want to improve the quality of afterschool programs.
  • Digital Himalaya [pdf, QuickTime]
    For those who feel that there may be a paucity of material on the Himalayan region, they will need to take a close look at this fine site provided through a collaboration between the Department of Social Anthropology at Cambridge University and the Anthropology Department at Cornell University. Since its inception in December 2000, the partners have managed to digitize a number of photographic collections, several journals, and a number of short films.
  • Education Policies of the 50 States
    The Milken Exchange on Education Technology "Education Policies of the 50 States" includes facts and figures showing states' budgets for education technology and the standards they are using to assess progress.
  • National Geographic Society Resources for Teachers On line
    On line adventures, maps and geography, lesson plans, teacher community. special features : Xpeditions http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ Xpedition Hall, activities, standards and lesson plans National Geographic Kids Magazine http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html.
  • Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage [RealPlayer, pdf]
    Widely considered one of the most important centers of its kind, the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is dedicated to "promoting the understanding and continuity of diverse, contemporary grassroots cultures in the United States and around the world". The Center is responsible for producing the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, coordinating the Folkways Recordings, and conducting ethnographic and cultural heritage policy-oriented research.
  • Educator Digital Assets
    Explore the Exploratorium's Digital Assets.They have collected and digitized museum materials related to interactive exhibits and scientific phenomena, including images, educational activities, and other exhibit-related resources. You will be able to search, select and download digital files for educational use.
  • Smithsonian Education
    Smithsonian Education [pdf. Macromedia Flash Reader, RealOne Player] The diverse buildings that front directly onto the Mall in Washington, D.C.
  • Africa to Atlantic: Dust to Dust
    Article about sand and dust storms in which "the planet's deserts kick up literally millions of tons of dust, and winds send it flying to far-flung destinations where it clogs our lungs, changes soil chemistry, deposits minerals in bodies of water," and cause other environmental damage. Includes a link to images of recent storms, such as the storm in Iraq in August 2005, and links to related sites.
  • American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources the Study of Women
    en's History and Culture in the United States This site "contains a slightly expanded and fully searchable version of the print publication 'American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States' .. with added illustrations and links to existing digitized material located throughout the Library of Congress Web site." Includes books, maps, manuscripts, music, images, and other research materials.
  • Medieval Woodcuts Clipart Collection
    Medieval Woodcuts Clipart Collection"A collection of Medieval clipart culled from various period sources, most notably woodcuts of the 15th & 16th centuries." Browsable by subject (animals and creatures, biblical scenes and figures, decorative borders and initials, human figures, and plants).
  • Microbes.info: The Microbiology Information Portal
    Microbes.info: The Microbiology Information Portal This searchable directory of microbiology resources includes links to sites about specific microbiology disciplines (environmental, food, industrial, medical, veterinary), education, employment, organizations, companies, publications, news, events, articles, and FAQs. The directory, compiled by a microbiologist, includes information of interest to both scientists and the general public.
  • Musee
    Free registration is required to access much of the site information and directory listings of 37,000 museums around the world including art, science, history, zoos, archaeology, aquariums, and more. The site features current exhibits, education, entertainment, archive reviews, and shopping links.
  • National Center for Learning Disabilities
    National Center for Learning DisabilitiesThe NCLD Web site provides facts, news, resources, and links for persons with learning disabilities and their families. Extensive information on issues such as LD evaluation, legislation, outreach and educational programs, public policy, and legal rights for the learning disabled.
  • Resources for Distance Learning Library Services
    Guidelines, discussion groups, conferences, mailing lists, selected readings, a selection of representative distance education Web sites, and related links. By Cynthia W.
  • The Artist's Toolkit: Visual elements and principles
    The Artist's Toolkit: Visual elements and principlesMinneapolis Institute of Arts & Walker Art CenterArtists use visual elements and principles like line, color and shape as tools to build works of art. Learn about these concepts with animated movies, create-a-composition activites, videos of professional artists in action, and an in-depth encyclopedia.
  • The Digital Michelangelo Project
    "Since 1992 [Stanford University] Professor Marc Levoy and his students have been investigating methods for digitizing the shape of three-dimensional objects using laser scanners." This site presents the efforts of "a team of 30 faculty, staff, and students" to scan and produce 3-D computer models of "the sculptures and architecture of Michelangelo." Includes an overview and timeline of the project, photographic essays, video clips, and related links. In English and Italian.
  • The Guide to History of Medicine Resources on the Internet
    This annotated directory of Web sites includes such topics as biographies of physicians and scientists, specific diseases, phrenology, witchcraft, smallpox-infected blankets, 4,000 years of women in science, and Islamic medical arts. It also has a timeline of medical history.
  • The Literature Network
    This site includes the text of "over 300 full books and over 1000 short stories and poems by over 90 authors" and "over 8500 quotes." Locate materials by browsing a list of authors. Searchable within works of each author.
  • The Worst Jobs in History
    This website takes you on a journey through 2,000 years of British history and the worst jobs of each era." Features humorous descriptions of jobs such as Roman gold miner, leech collector, fishwife, and child chimney sweep. Also includes information about current offbeat careers, and links to related sites.
  • "Calendars Through the Ages"
    looks at the astronomical basis of calendars, the history of our calendar, and when various countries moved from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. Learn about Leap Year, the solar cycle, equinoxes and solstices.
  • "Physics to Go"
    is a collection of reviewed resources for teaching and learning about astronomy, electricity and magnetism, fluids, light, modern physics, motion and energy, quantum physics, and waves and pendula. (NSF) .
  • "Teach the Earth"
    "Teach the Earth" offers hundreds of teaching activities, visualizations, and resources for teaching earth science. Categories include biosphere, climate change, energy/material cycles, geology and human health, geochemistry, hydrosphere and cryosphere, mineralogy, ocean systems, petrology, solar system, and earth history.
  • 3D Studio MAX R3 demo
    3D Studio MAX R3 demo:http://www.autodesk.com/dyf/coolstuff/maxdemo_1.htmlWant to find out how 3D computer animation works?Learn about Discreet's amazing animation software. Thisfeature explains and demonstrates 3D Studio MAX R3.Also, try the interactive demo!.
  • 4-H Virtual Farm
    Target Audience Grades three to 12 clustered in these groupings. Grades - 3-5 6-8 9-12 Review The 4-H Virtual Farm website gives an excellent insight into potential vocational directions in agriculture.
  • A Guide To NASA Educational Programs
    Teacher/Faculty Preparation And Enhancement ProgramsoK-12oHigher EducationStudent Support ProgramsoK-12oHigher Education*Educational Technology Programs*Support of Systemic Improvement Program*Curriculum Support and Dissemination*Research and Developmenthttp://ehb2.gsfc.nasa.gov/edcats/2000/nep/programs/index.html.
  • A Jazz Improvisation Primer
    A Jazz Improvisation Primer "Here you can find information on almost any topic relating to jazz improvisation, from jazz history to music theory to practical advice on playing in a group." Includes annotated bibliography and discography. Online version of text written by Marc Sabatella.
  • A Lifetime of Color
    This is an extraordinary art education site that includes hands-on activities and techniques; galleries of student and professional work; information about art elements, principles, concepts, media, styles, and artists; an interactive art timeline and glossary; online games; teacher resources; and lesson plans for grades K-8.This is a good place to learn some basic techniques. Site is sponsored by Sanford, a manufacturer of art supplies.Subjects: Art -- Study and teaching, Lesson planning, Teaching Aids and devices.
  • A Love of Monsters: Gargoyles and Architectural Details in New York City
    This site is a wondrous tour of the gargoyles and other creatures lurking on the buildings of New York City. Creator Amelia Wilson shares with us her eye for detail on a "virtual stroll" through areas of the city.
  • A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization
    "The goal of this 'visual sourcebook' is to add to the material teachers can use to help their students understand Chinese history, culture, and society." Features a timeline with links to information and images, and essays on topics such as ancient tombs, Buddhism, clothing, and gardens. Includes maps, discussion questions, and bibliographies.
  • actDEN (Digital Education Network): Software Tutorials and Online Courses
    High-quality software tutorials and online courses for educators, parents and students of all ages.
  • Active Learning with Technology
    The first 6 modules of the Active Learning with Technology professional development portfolio set the stage for understanding how constructivist learning environments are created and implemented. The modules demonstrate learner-centered instructional and classroom management settings such as inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, small group learning, and using commonly available software to support a learner-centered environment.
  • African Online Digital Library (AODL)
    "The goal of this fully accessible online digital repository is to adopt the emerging best practices of the American digital library community and apply them in an African context." The site features "guides to best practices in digitizing text and multimedia resources" and galleries of digitized images. A project of Michigan State University's Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online (MATRIX) and African partners.
  • African Photography
    African Photography Alphabetical index and collection of images compiled by Afrique en Creations in Paris including Mama Cassett, and Pierrot Men. [In French].
  • Africans in America
    Presentation of Americans journey through slavery in 4 parts. For each section, you will find a historical narrative, a resource bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, commentaries, and a teacher's guide.
  • Alexandria Digital Library
    Alexandria Digital Library."Project Alexandria will develop a digital library providing easy access to large and diverse collections of maps, images and pictorial materials as well as a full range of new electronic library services. The project is centered at the University of California, Santa Barbara, with its major collections of maps and images and its strong research focus in the area of spatially-indexed information.
  • All About Jazz
    A comprehensive site, All About Jazz contains interviews, a photo gallery, articles, a wonderful interactive timeline, and more.
  • Amazing Picture Machine
    Search for pictures, maps, and other graphic resources on the Internet.Excellent collection and easily searchable, with an annotated list of good photograph and image sites and a list of the types of pictures in the database.Good for educational uses, from the North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium.
  • Amazing Space
    has an excellent series of inquiry-based activities on their web site entitled Amazing Space; http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/amazing-space.html.
  • American Collection: An Educator's Site
    American Collection: An Educator's SiteHighlighting the works of six-great authors--Henry James, Langston Hughes, Esmeralda Santiago, James Agee, Willa Cather, and Eudora Welty--the site provides primary and secondary source information. Resources include lesson plans related to each of the authors; links to peer-reviewed websites; and on-line teacher guides.
  • American Folklife Center
    The American Folklife Center, which houses correspondence, artifacts, sound recordings, and photographs documenting folk arts, has showcased a number of its collections online.
  • American Foundation for the Blind
    This site provides information and resources for the blind or visually impaired, support organizations, and the general public on "blindness and low vision, Helen Keller, and such issues as advocacy, aging and vision loss, education, employment, literacy, technology, and web accessibility." Visitors can browse the Helen Keller repositories and collections of her personal material, view message and job boards, subscribe to online journals, and visit an online bookstore with specialized material for the blind.
  • American Memory Learning Page
    American Memory Learning Page features dozens of teacher-designed lessons using the many online collections of images, songs, interviews, sheet music, maps, and documents of the Library of Congress. An online workshop by Paddy Bowman of CARTS introduces folklore with activities teachers can replicate with students.
  • American Memory Project
    American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. From the U.S.
  • Ancient Egypt -- The British Museum
    Let's hear it for the British Museum. Their staff has created a website dealing with many areas of study of Ancient Egypt.
  • Ancient World Web
    This site presents annotated lists, gathered into broad categories, of Web sites that document medieval - and older - history, theory, and scholarship. With a few exceptions, coverage stops at 1000 A.D.
  • Animal Diversity Web
    Animal Diversity Web (Scientific American Sci/Tech award) This well-organized site does what's nearly impossible: offers an easy-to-understand explanation of biological names and how they relate to evolution. And there's more here than just family trees.
  • Animated Gifs, Backgrounds, Graphics, Icons, Sounds, Movies
    Great collection backgrounds, animated GIFs, icons, and other small graphics for student Web page designers. Additionally there are more than 150 sound files in WAV and MIDI formats and a very few movies in QuickTime and AVI formats.
  • Anthropological Resources for Teaching Social Studies
    Links to resources for teaching about world cultures, including African American, Latin American, and Native American.
  • AOL@School
    http://www.aolatschool.com/ Foe teachers this web site furnishes professional development, lesson plans, special needs and counseling, subjects and standards, education news, research and references, and classroom tips. For the school this web site furnishes http://www.aolatschool.com/order/index.adp Free AOL E-Mail Free e-mail, instant messaging and chat Exclusive Content from Your State Easy access to state curriculum standards, news and education initiatives Free Built-In Internet Filters Students connect only to age-appropriate content -- CIPA compliant .
  • Applying Big6 Skills, Information Literacy Standards and ISTE Nets to Internet Research
    Applying Big6 Skills, Information Literacy Standardsand ISTE NETS to Internet Research. Correlate Mike Eisenberg's and Bob Berkowitz' Big6 Skills with the national Information Literacy Standards developed by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT) and the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) to organize an introduction to research on the Internet.
  • Archaeology Public Education
    The Society for American Archaeology Public Education Committee has developed a variety of resources to help educators incorporate archaeology into classroom teaching. Many are now available free on the SAA web site.
  • Archives of African-American Music&Culture
    Archives of African-American Music&CultureWeb site devoted to the collection, preservation, and dissemination of materials for the purpose of research and study of African-American music and culture.http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc.
  • Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art
    Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art. National Museum of Wildlife Art Awarded "Best of the Web: Educational Site" at Museums & the Web 2001! Explore art at this museum in ways you never could before! Tell a story, illustrate it with wildlife, put it to music, and publish it on the Web! (Third grade to adult).
  • Artsedge
    ArtsEdge is an online resource center funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the United States Department of Education and administered by the Kennedy Center Education Department. Its mission is to help artists, teachers, and students gain access to and share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject in the K-12 curriculum.
  • Artslynx: International Arts Resources
    Artslynx: International Arts Resources. The amazingly wide scope of this comprehensive arts site includes links to information on organizations and collections; arts advocacy, education, funding, and administration; healing and disabilities; history; and more.
  • Ask Dr. Math
    Ask Dr. Math is a question and answer service for math students and their teachers.
  • AskA+ Locator
    AskA+ LocatorThis directory of online question answering services (AskA) is "designed to link students, teachers, parents and other K-12 community members with experts on the Internet." Each service listing includes identification information (e.g., publisher, e-mail address, contact name, and links), scope, target audience, and a general description of the service. Searchable and browsable.
  • Assessment Help for Teachers
    Teachers make judgments about students every day, based on such formal and informal appraisals of their work as classroom observation, homework assignments, and teacher-made quizzes. Soon, they'll have the first set o fprofessional standards to help guide them in making such decisions.The 220-page "Student Evaluation Standards" is on track to be approved this week by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, a nonprofit group whose members represent 18 national education organizations.
  • Assessment Resources
    This PowerPoint presentation introduces the assessment process. It discusses the importance of assessment, standardized testing, authentic assessment, and rubrics.
  • Assessments of Multimedia Technology in Education
    This is a Bibliography of a growing body of research devoted to assessing the effectiveness of multimedia in all levels of education, including corporate and military training.
  • Asssessment and Technology
    Assessment &Technology Project Sampler.
  • Astophysics Science Project, Integrating Research and Education
    The ASPIRE Lab is now one of the most innovative and interactive science education websites available on the Internet. You will find not only fun interactive labs, but well designed and produced curriculum content, created by teachers for teachers.
  • Astronomy and Space Classroom Resources
    provides lessons and web resources from the National Science Digital Library. Learn about amateur telescope making, black holes, UFOs, astronomy research, myths and misconceptions about astronomy, space weather, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the structure and evolution of the universe.
  • Astrophysics Explorations:
    Stimulating understanding of computational science through collaboration, experiment, exploration, and discovery. Precollege workshop with curricula and case studies.
  • Athens 2004 Olympics
    Feature articles and activities related to the 2004 summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Covers Olympics history, athletes, and specific sports.
  • Bartelby.com
    Bartelby.com, which began as a research experiment in 1993 at Columbia University, has grown into a high-quality reference tool and an extensive repository of classic literature. It includes works by hundreds of authors: including over 10,000 poems and 86,000 quotations.
  • BellSouth's Digital Storyteller
    The BellSouth Digital Storyteller project is an opportunity for students to learn history first hand by interviewing veterans from WWII and Korea. After selecting a topic from the History Curriculum Standards, students identify veterans who have actually experienced the event(s) they are studying.
  • Best of History Web Sites
    This site provides categorized links to hundreds of "history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy and usefulness. Sites with engaging content and useful multimedia technologies are most likely to be included.
  • Biology in Motion
    Having trouble finding illustrations, diagrams, and interactive activities to supplement biology lectures for your students? Want to provide a visual representation of the passage of blood through the human cardiovascular system--or have your students conduct an online experiment in cell division? "Biology in Motion" offers these and many other features. Based on the premise that the web provides an ideal vehicle for teaching biology, developers have assembled a collection of learning activities, animations, and cartoons designed to help explain difficult, but widely taught, biological concepts.
  • Biology Workbench
    The Biology Workbench is widely recognized as a significant bioinformatics resource that provides a suite of interactive tools which draw on a host of biology databases and allows people to compare molecular sequences using high performance computing facilities, visualize and manipulate molecular structures, and generate phylogenetic hypotheses. The Biology Student Workbench brings the advanced computational infrastructure used by today\'s scientists to any student desktop machine with a web browser to provide a rich environment for student inquiry.
  • Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
    This is the right place for civil-rights history Highlight the many triumphs and historical milestones of the 1960s and the Civil Rights movement with this new web site from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Formed in partnership with regional communications carrier BellSouth Corp., this interactive repository features a number of useful resources for teaching and learning.
  • Blank & Outline Maps
    This collection includes printable outline maps of the world, continents, regions, countries, the states of the U.S., and the provinces of Canada. Maps are free "for educational or personal use at home or in the classroom." From About.com's geography page.
  • Blue Web'n
    "Blue Web'n" combines "Blue-Ribbon" and "Web" (or you can think of it as "Blue-Ribbon" in duck talk). Blue Web'n is a searchable database of about 1000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references,&tools).
  • Boopadoo: Music resources for educators and families of young children
    Music resources for young children. Contains activities, free mp3 and music software downloads, free printables, free sheet music, reviews, search engine, articles, awards, and more.
  • Bridging the Home and School: A Case Study
    In today's society, there are many new technologies that educators have at their disposal to use both inside and outside of theclassroom. One such technology was the focus of the first stage of an on-going project on the "open school" model.
  • Bug Bytes
    A collection of more than forty insect sound files. Browse by species name or subject.
  • Building a Digital Workforce
    Taking action to close the IT skills gap in the current and future workforce is a critical challenge for business, labor, education, government, and the nonprofit sector that requires urgent attention by all stakeholders. This report sets out NPA's Digital Economic Opportunity Committee's recommendations for increasing the number of U.S.
  • California Digital Library
    Harnessing technology and innovation, and leveraging the intellectual and cultural resources of the University of California, the California Digital Library supports the assembly and creative use of the world\'s scholarship and knowledge for the UC libraries and the communities they serve. Established in 1997 as a UC library, the CDL has become one of the largest digital libraries in the world.
  • CalPhotos: People and Culture
    A collection of nearly 500 photographs of people and their culture from around the globe. Searchable by location, caption, type, continent, country, U.S.
  • CARET: Center for Applied Research in Education Technology
    CARET bridges education technology research to practice by offering research-based answers to critical questions.
  • Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
    "This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics."For teachers, use the Curriculum Areas link for helpful hints in finding books in a variety of subject areas, plus lessons plans and display ideas. The site is focused on preK - 8th grade educator's needs.
  • Castle Rock Pueblo:
    Castle Rock Pueblo: A Trip Through Time. A resource for teaching about southwestern archaeology and culture.http://www.crowcanyon.org/castlerockstudyEducational field trips allow readers to "visit" an ancient Pueblo Indian (Anasazi) village in southwestern Colorado during the 1200s?when people lived at Castle Rock Pueblo, the 1800s?when the site was discovered by explorers, and the 1990's when the site was excavated by Crow Canyon archaeologists and program participants.
  • Catalog of Spaceborne Imaging Over 500 images
    Catalog of Spaceborne Imaging: A Guide to NSSDC's Planetary Image Archives The imaging catalog contains a collection of over 500 images of the solar system bodies, including the sun, earth, moon, planets, and other astronomical objects taken by various space flight missions. The images are browsable by the individual missions, Hubble Space Telescope, and earth-based radar, providing information on the image's location, time, and imaging details.
  • Center for Digital Storytelling
    The Center for Digital Storytelling is a California-based non-profit arts organization rooted in the art of personal storytelling. We assist young people and adults in using the tools of digital media to craft, record, share, and value the stories of individuals and communities, in ways that improve all our lives.
  • Center for History and New Media
    Center for History and New Media (CHNM) - This great site combines "the most exciting and innovative digital media with the latest and best historical scholarship." From George Mason University. Various plug-ins are required.
  • Center for Women and Information Technology
    This site provides links to online resources relating to women and information technology (IT) including news, learning the basics of computers, careers in IT, training and certification, and more. There is also a bibliography and a FAQ (with links to many outside resources).
  • Cezanne in Provence
    Cézanne in Provence Companion to "the principal international exhibition marking 2006 as the centenary of the death of Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). ..
  • Chemistry of How Things Work
    Chemistry of How Things Work and Decisions - Good and Bad - that Bring Chemistry into Our Life Twelve case studies of chemistry in the products we use and the situations we meet. ChemCases.com helps you evaluate the decisions behind these products and situations.
  • CHemviz
    ChemVizThe Chemistry Visualization program at NCSA (ChemViz) is a program which uses the power of the World Wide Web in combination with the power of the SGI supercomputer to generate images of atoms, molecules, and atomic orbitals. The user inputs a set of parameters as they are prompted and submits these parameters to the supercomputer.
  • Children's Butterfly Site
    This site is an good companion site for a unit on butterflies. It contains a photo gallery of butterflies from around the world and coloring pages describing the life cycle of butterflies in several languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch).
  • Children's Media Culture in the New Millennium
    : Mapping the Digital Landscape Kathryn C. Montgomery A description of the technological, demographic, and market forces shaping the new digital media culture, and the rich array of Web sites being created for children and teens.
  • Children's Music Web
    Children's Music Web is an excellent site for parents, teachers, children, and professionals, promoting music for children with unbiased, free information. Focuses on music resources, not artists or companies.
  • Chinatown Banquet
    Chinatown Banquet A community-based public art and education project based on the metaphor of a Chinese banquet raising awareness about the history, culture and conditions of Boston Chinatown, the city's most densely populated residential neighborhood.
  • Choose the Best Search for your Information Need
    Choose the Best Engine for Your Purpose is a guide for choosing a search engine that will best fulfill your specific needs. Provides some great information for students on the different ways to use search engines.
  • CIESE Online Classroom Resources
    The New Jersey Networking Infrastructure in Education Resource page lists some of the finest projects and lesson ideas created for K-12 science education. To participate in science projects that can only be done using Internet resources, take a look at "The Gulf Stream: A Global Investigation" or , "The Morgan Tutorial," which investigates the field of genetics.
  • Classroom Connect
    Classroom Connect is a provider of professional development and online curriculum resources that foster successful use of the Internet in education. They offer the K-12 education community a customized subscription service package that includes the professional learning programmes and standard-based classroom learning materials available, complete with face-to-face training and ongoing customer support.
  • Classroom Support
    Classroom SupportThese resources help education professionals assess skill levels for both teachers and students, and set grade-appropriate goals for students. This section also includes links to education information, provides teachers with ideas for technology-based lesson plans, and includes the tools necessary for creating appropriate use policies for these new technologies.
  • Classroom Weather
    This site was designed to help teachers introduce atmospheric processes and the science of meteorology through experimentation and hands-on activities in the classroom.
  • Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World
    "An interactive guide to the Ancient Art Collection of The Art Institute of Chicago" that focuses on the three cultures of the ancient Mediterranean: Italy, Egypt, and Greece. Eighteen objects are featured, each with close-up views and related stories in audio.
  • Climate Prediction Center
    Climate Prediction Center - The Climate Prediction Center serves the public by assessing and forecasting the impacts of short-term climate variability and emphasizing enhanced risks of weather-related extreme events. Educational materials include information on the ENSO cycle, and fact sheets and monographs.
  • Code Talk
    Code Talk is a federal inter-agency Native American website that provides information for Native American communities. Code Talk is hosted by the U.S.
  • Color Landform Atlas of the United States
    These are geographic maps of the US.
  • Columbia Education Center
    Columbia Education Center Internet-based lessons posted at this Portland, Oregon teachers' resource center.
  • Complete Works of Shakespeare
    This comprehensive resource for English teachers, students and Shakespeare enthusiasts includes a Shakespeare discussion area, Shakespeare Internet resources, chronological and alphabetical listing of plays, familiar quotations, and glossary.
  • Computational Chemistry
    Stimulating understanding of computational chemistry through collaboration, experiment, exploration and discovery.
  • Computer Virus Index
    Computer Virus IndexThese are the complete virus-l and alt.comp.virus newsgroup FAQs. Considered to be the most complete, authoritative, and current information on computer viruses.
  • Connected Teacher
    Connected TeacherConnected Teacher is a free community resource for educators for sharing insights, finding new lesson plans, or visiting the links to educational materials for educators. As a member, you can get expert advice, meet teachers from your area, or report on what's going on in your classroom.
  • Consumer Jungle: Promoting Consumer Literacy for Young Adults
    Consumer Jungle is a web-based program that helps turn high school students into savvy consumers. Site includes student activities, unit plans for teachers and information for parents.
  • Cooper Hewitt, The National Design Museum
    Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Museum believes that design shapes our objects, environments, and communications, making them more desirable, functional, and accessible.
  • Count Us In
    Count Us In (ENC Digital Dozen Award) The games on this Web site are geared to younger children, with fancifully-illustrated exercises to help them grasp basic number concepts. Addition, subtraction, and number recognition are conveyed through cartoons of everyday activities such as bowling, boarding a bus, and visiting the beach.
  • David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
    The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection contains to date over 6,400 maps online and focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented.
  • Developing WWW Research Lessons
    This site helps teachers to develop and post a WWW integrated lesson, that creates opportunities for students to solve problems and create new answers, and gives teachers ways to use the WWW as a tool in their classrooms.
  • Digital Classroom
    This well organized site provides materials from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), methods for teaching with primary sources, and sample lesson plans for K-12 teachers. Nearly twenty topics are outlined in Primary Sources and Activities, including such subjects as Constitution Day, the Amistad case, black soldiers during the Civil War, and Jackie Robinson as a civil rights advocate.
  • Digital Photos Online
    Digital Photos OnlineWesley FryerThere used to be a considerable delay between capturing an event on film and sharing the resulting photos with others and it was also very costly. Digital photography, based on bits rather than atoms, is dramatically changing this process.
  • Digital Toolbox
    This well-designed site has tutorials for Microsoft's Front Page and PowerPoint applications. In addition you will find links to tutorials and help pages for learning HTML; Adobe Photoshop; and Macromedia's Flash and Shockwave.
  • Discover Our Earth
    Welcome to the Teacher's Guide to Cornell University's Discover Our Earth pages. The Discover Our Earth project provides a variety of resources designed to help you and your students explore Earth processes by accessing primary Earth science data.
  • Discovering Native Americans and Their Culture
    Virtual Classroom Tour: Native American CultureStudents explore Native American culture in this innovative lesson plan.http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=VCTNativeAmericans.
  • Discovery School.com
    DiscoverySchool.com is part of the Discovery Communication, Inc. The website provides teaching materials for teachers, resources for students, and advice for parents about how to help their kids enjoy learning and excel in school.
  • ditto.com
    An image search engine that retrieves images from the Web that have been screened. You can search for dolls and only get dolls.
  • Documents [International Olympic Committee]
    Collection of official documents from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), covering topics such as the 2004 Athens Olympics, choice of host city, marketing, records, and conferences. Includes documents from the Olympic Studies Center, the Olympic Museum Lausanne, and other IOC-related groups.
  • Dream Anatomy Learning Station
    Learning Station Explore Dream Anatomy Learning Station, a companion educational web site for the Dream Anatomy exhibition created by and displayed at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in Bethesda, Maryland. Dream Anatomy presents a rich collection of images and artifacts reflecting "anatomical imagination in some of its most astonishing incarnations, from 1500 to the present." Using the fascinating stories and images of the exhibition, the Learning Station provides lesson plans and activities designed especially for educators and students at 6-12 grade levels.
  • Drought Science for Educators -
    One of NOAA's partners in dealing with the causes and the effects of drought is the National Drought Mitigation Center. This site helps teachers of grades 5-12 incorporate drought into their lectures.
  • e School News online
    A monthly newsletter published during the school year discussing K-12 educational technology, available in both print and electronic formats.
  • E-Learning Guru
    ****This site is jam packed with "how to" articles, templates andcalculators in the tool box, dozens of white papers, time saving booksummaries and links to the best sites on the net. Looking at e-learningfor your schools; begin with the article e-Learning Alphabet Soup.
  • Earth Observatory
    If you love earth science, or just thinking about the systems of the earth, this is the ultimate web site. This website uses maps, views from satellites and a lot of information that is databased or aggregated to explain, explore, and show data about the earth in scientific ways.
  • Earth Observing System (EOS) Education Project*
    The Earth Observing System (EOS) Education Project disseminates Earth system science imagery and supportive curriculum to the global kindergarten through undergraduate level (K-16) education community. The EOS Education Project provides Internet-based and on-site training for the K-16 education community in the interpretation, utilization and relevancy of EOS mission imagery.
  • Education for All
    Education for All (EFA)The major focus of this searchable site are the findings of basic education assessments of 180 countries. The reports for each country contain funding; issues and goals; statistics on enrollment; literacy; educational levels of teachers; academic and vocational education; evaluation of early childhood, primary, and secondary instruction; and more.
  • Education in Geography
    If you access the general web site there are many resources on line including the magazine, world, but also there is an educational portion that has many teaching resources. There are all kinds of resources, events, and lesson plans here.
  • Education Week
    Education Week is a national print and online magazine that focuses on current educational issues.
  • Education World
    Education World is designed to help educators integrate the Internet into the classroom. It contains a wide range of resources for teachers including lesson plans created by teachers and articles written by professionals in the field.
  • Educational Resources on Asia
    Educational Resources on AsiaThis site provides resources and links to educational material relating to Asia. These include reference works, online periodicals, educational films and suppliers, K-12 curriculum materials and vendors, full-text of significant historical documents (primarily constitutional), as well as demographic, economic, educational, and political statistics.
  • Educator's Reference Desk
    Educator's Reference Desk is a Internet-based service providing education information to teachers and others interested in education.
  • EduHound.com
    Extensive collection of briefly annotated links for teachers, administrators, and parents, organized into categories, or browse an alphabetical subject/keyword list. Includes specific subjects (animals, science, etc.) as well as specialized educational resources (home schooling, standards&assessment, etc.).
  • emTech - Emerging Technologies
    Below a comprehensive list of web sites useful for teachers, students, administrators, and other professional educators.
  • eNature
    Kudos to the National Audobon Society for this great site. Now, you have access to field guides for more than 4800 species of plants and animals.
  • Enchanted Learning
    Enchanted Learning is targeted at K-3 learners and produces children's educational websites and games which are designed to capture thier imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment. Their mission is to produce the best educational material, emphasizing creativity and the pure enjoyment of learning.
  • ETB Thesaurus
    The European Treasury Browser (ETB) Project has recently released amultilingual thesaurus available in eight languages: Danish, English,French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. The thesaurus is"aimed at indexing educational resources" and building an "interoperableinfrastructure to exchange and network metadata on educational resources forschools in Europe." The project seeks to add value to national resourcecollections by allowing teachers and students to locate Europe resources.The thesaurus gives users access to all resources, regardless of theindexing method used.
  • Ethics in Computing
    Browse or search for information about the basics of ethics in computing or specific topics such as privacy, free speech, computer abuse, intellectual property, risks, commerce, and social justice in this tidily organized set of links.
  • Ethnology Database ( Bishop museum-pacific region)
    "Photographs and detailed information...for more than 400 cultural objects" from the Pacific region. Surfboards, hula drums, barkcloth, quilts, featherwork, makaloa mats, wooden bowls, and stone pounders are included in the online exhibit.
  • Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
    Time-tested, librarian-created guide to copyright, intellectual property, fair use, propaganda, misinformation, disinformation, bias and resource evaluation. Excellent.
  • Evaluating Web Pages, a Webquest
    The information source your students use most frequently is likely to be the Web. They will have little trouble actually gathering information these days.
  • Evaluating Web Resources
    This site, created by two librarians at the Wolfgram Memorial Library of Widener University, provides a set of checklists to help users analyze the quality of the information at various websites. Types of pages include advocacy, business/marketing, informational, news, and personal web pagesThis is an example of learning to evaluate the resources on the web.
  • Experiencing War (Voices of War): Stories from the Veterans
    This is a preview of the Web site which accompanies the second book of stories from the collections of the Veterans History Project. Forever a Soldier: Unforgettable Stories of Wartime Service contains 37 tales of servicemen and women who served our country in every major war from World War I through the current conflict in Iraq.
  • Exploratorium Web Science Workshop
    By clicking the links below, you will find a variety of on-line "Web Lessons.""Web Lessons" are activities intended to help science teachers integrate the Web into their science curriculum. Since a "Web Lessons" may use dynamic content or require communication via the Internet, "Web Lessons" are best done during an active Internet session.
  • exploreMarsnow.org
    This site presents an interactive, three-dimensional model of a possible base station and habitat for the first humans on Mars. It includes the base exterior, the layout, work and living spaces, greenhouse, Mars car, robot rovers, and, and other details.
  • EXPLORES! Using Satellite Data
    Florida State University implements the NOAA Direct Readout Program from the polar orbiting satellites. To date the university has installed over 230 weather satellite ground stations designed to receive live imagery from NOAA 12, 14, and 15 satellites (as the constellation now stands), and also supports WEFAX in about 1/4 of these schools.
  • Exploring the Environment
    Exploring the Environment (ETE) online series, which features an integrated approach to environmental earth science through modules and activities, is developed at the NASA Classroom of the Future; at Wheeling Jesuit University. Through a cooperative agreement with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the ETE online series is supported by NASA's Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications (IITA) Program, which facilitates public use of Earth and Space Science remote sensing databases over the Internet.
  • Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground
    Welcome to a collection of children's online astronomy activities. In the following six chapters are hundreds of fun explorations into astronomy as a classroom tool for learning how to theorize, experiment, and analyze data.
  • Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project
    The Michigan State University Library, in partnership with the MSU Museum,have created a fascinating look into American epicurean history with their online trove of influential 19th and early 20th century American cookbooks.
  • Filters and Filtering
    The Office of Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association has pulled together a lot of information on their site that deals with the filtering issue as well as providing links to more information, including a summary and the full text of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), information on the Neighborhood Children___s Internet Protection Act (NCIPA), news articles, and more. This is a site to guide the individual teacher.
  • Finding Information on the Internet
    The best introduction to Internet searching on the Web. Be sure to check out the section on how to choose search tools - there is an excellent chart comparing the features of the major Web search engines and directories.
  • Folkstreams(video streaming website) documentaries
    Folkstreams presents the best of American Folklore films. Our site's mission is the wide, free online distribution of video streams of difficult to find independent films and videos depicting American folk, traditional, regional and vernacular culture.
  • From Slavery to Freedom, 1824-1909
    Presents nearly 400 pamphlets written by African-Americans. others about slavery, emancipation, African colonization, Reconstruction, & related topics.
  • Getsmarter.org
    Getsmarter.org, an initiative of the Council on Competitiveness, gives students, parents and teachers a free and private way to compare science and math skills to students worldwide. It also provides warm-up practice quizzes in both math and science.
  • Girl Power
    Girl Power! http://www.girlpower.gov/Supports the national public education campaign sponsored by the Department of the Health and Human Services "Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-14 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls." Includes adult resource links and research and news about girls.
  • Guggenheim.org
    This site introduces you to the five Guggeheim Museums. Venice, Italy; New York; Berlin, GR; Bilbao, Spain; Las Vegas, NV.
  • Guide to African American Documentary Resources
    A highly selective collection of over 80 annotated links to sites "relating to African American history," including academic, government, and other sites, and digitization projects. Searchable and browsable.
  • Harnessing the Power of the Web
    This guide will help you to understand collaborative, project-based learning on the Internet. We use the term NetPBL (Networked, Project-Based Learning) to describe this kind of learning.These resources will help you introduce your students to powerful educational experiences grounded in student-centered, project-based learning well-supported in the literature.
  • Healing Story Alliance
    Healing Story Alliance This beautifully designed Web site showcases the resources available from this National Storytelling Network special interest group whose purpose is "to explore and promote the use of storytelling in healing." The site features a story database searchable by author, title, format, and category. Includes storytelling guidelines, articles, book reviews, resources, a bibliography, "Stories for Children in Crisis" archive, newsletters, a journal, a story discussion list, and membership information.
  • High School Hub
    The High School Hub is a noncommercial learning portal to high-quality free online educational resources for high school students. It features interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes.
  • Historical Fiction by Date
    Nice resource for when a student needs to read a novel set in the Middle Ages or during the Great Depression. Lists about 300 titles of historical fiction for seventh and eighth grade students by the year in which the story takes place.
  • HistoricalVoices.org
    Historical Voices is creating "a significant...online database of spoken word collections spanning the 20th century." Galleries lists their eclectic collection of databases and links. Following another goal of the project, there is also research on "sound digitization, system architecture, federated searching, metadata implementations, online delivery, and multimedia education.
  • HTML Goodies
    Have you ever seen colorful text or a pull down menu on a Web site and wondered how they were done? A visit to the HTML Goodies site should answer most of your questions. The HTML Primers section offers lessons for beginners and HTML Tutorials has 98 tutorials to take you to the next level.
  • Hubble Heritage Project
    The Hubble Heritage Project This site makes the most of what Hubble has to offer, with a gallery of gorgeous images, plus other art inspired by them. It also links to astronomy background resources, the news desk of Hubblesite.org.
  • Humbul Humanities Hub
    Funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee and hosted by the University of Oxford, the Humbul Humanities Hub is a service of the Resource Discovery Network. The site is geared towards meeting the needs of the humanities community and includes information in areas ranging from language and literature, to American studies, to archaeology, to philosophy.
  • Index of Native American Cultural Resources
    Index of Native American Cultural Resources A comprehensive directory of Native American information, including Web sites about Native American culture, history, education, and jobs.
  • Information Power
    The American Association of School Librarians has developed awidely-accepted set of standards called Information Power. They also publish a guide showing what the benchmarks look like at eachgrade level.
  • International Reading Association (IRA)
    This professional organization's site highlights the latest educational legislation. The organization seeks to promote "high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit." Find publications, program descriptions, professional standards, links, meeting notices, news, and membership information.
  • Internet 101
    This site is dedicated to teaching students of all ages about using the Internet.
  • InTime: integrating new technologies into the methods of education
    InTime: Integrating new technologies into the methods of education. Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 This Internet site offers a collection of online video vignettes that demonstrate how preK-12 teachers are integrating technology into their classroom lessons.
  • Isometric Drawing Tool
    Isometric Drawing ToolUse this interactive mathlet to make dynamic drawings on isometric dot paper. You can draw figures using edges, faces, or cubes.
  • JASON Project home page
    Grades: Kindergarten - 12 Synopsis: Don't worry, this is not another scary movie installment! This JASON is an educational program that lets students and teachers perform exciting scientific fieldwork from their classrooms, exploring regions from the polar ice caps to the steamy rain forests.
  • Jazz in the Schools
    "Jazz in the Schools" is a new web-based, multimedia curriculum from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) that explores jazz as an indigenous American art form and as a means to understand American history. The five-unit, web-based curriculum and DVD toolkit are available free of charge to high school teachers of social studies, U.S.
  • Justice Learning
    CIVICS EDUCATION WEB SITE, NYTimes.com and NPR have launched (www.justicelearning.org), a free civics Web site designed for high school students and teachers. The Web site is organized around eight distinct civic issues that are updated twice yearly.
  • K12 Handhelds
    K12 HandheldsHandhelds is a company which focuses on handheld computing in education. It provides schools with integrated solutions for handheld use in education that include: planning, professional development, hardware, software and applications, educational bundles, implementation and support, and assessment.
  • Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
    A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It includes links to lesson plans, clip art, puzzlemaker, science fair ideas, brainboosters and more.
  • KITE - 1000 cases on how to integrate technology in K-12 classrooms
    KITE is a case-based reasoning system that is designed to help K-12 teachers to integrate technology in their classroom. The system has a 1000 cases (July 2003) and has multiple options to search to the context of the teacher.
  • LD Online
    LD Online has a special section on how technology can diminish barriersfor children.
  • Learning Resources
    Learning Resources Dozens of TV news stories with full video clips, written transcripts, and audio tracks for struggling readers to improve comprehension skills. With additional exercises.
  • Learning to Adapt Lesson Plans to Different Teaching Styles and Computer Configurations
    How do you adapt a lesson to different teaching styles and classroom computer configurations. This is an important resource because many teachers can access the lesson plans, but need to learn to tailor them for their own uses.
  • Learning with Laptop Tech Resources Page
    Technology Coordinator Resources Laurie and Fred Bartels run the laptop program at Rye Country Day School in New York. They put together this website with resources to help you both plan for and use laptops in schools.
  • Lesson Plans Page.Com
    The Lesson Plans Page is a collection of over 1,000 lesson plans, primarily at the elementary level, that were developed by Kyle Yamnitz, students and faculty at The University of Missouri. More recent lesson plans were submitted by the users of this website.
  • Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery
    Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery [Macromedia Flash Player] In conjunction with the United Nations resolution designating 2004 as the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition, New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture presents this Web exhibit. Making use of Schomburg Center materials, as well as items loaned by other public institutions and private collections, the Web exhibition begins with a section entitled "A New People" that traces the complex genetic heritage of today's African- Americans--the vast majority descended from enslaved Africans--but also counting Europeans, Native Americans, and Asians among their ancestors.
  • Library Spot
    Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, reference desks, and other student help sites.
  • Map Collection: 1500-1999
    The Library of Congress holds more than 4.5 million items, of which Map Collections represents only a small fraction. Search by keyword, or browse by place name, subject, creator, or title.
  • Map Machine
    This is an online resource to show maps of many kinds from all over the world, and there are other resources on the site that are printable.
  • Maps and Images
    - Text adapted from USGS TerraServer and USGS Western Earth Surface Processes Page. Whether on paper or on a computer screen, a map is the best tool available to catalog and view the arrangement of things on the Earth's surface.
  • MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom
    MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom is a consortium of premier national education organizations, state education agencies and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation dedicated to providing the highest quality Internet content and professional development to teachers and students throughout the United States. First launched in 1997 as a collection of standards-based, discipline-specific educational Web sites for K-12 teachers.
  • Mars Pathfinder Pathfinder Mission
    Before the MER mission, there was the Pathfinder Mission, which landed on Mars in 1997 and took these incredible images of the Martian surface.
  • Masterpiece Theatre's educators' resources for teaching about American literature
    American Collection Gateway to the Masterpiece Theatre's educators' resources for teaching about American literature. http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/am_lit_resources.htm.
  • Math-lets
    Math_lets are math applets you can use to explore math and create interactive lessons. See our i-Math Investigations for examples of lessons that use Math_lets.
  • Mathematics Across the Curriculum
    Mathematics Across the Curriculum features an "electronic bookshelf" of materials for teaching math in art, history, literature, & music, as well as science, engineering, & other disciplines traditionally associated with math. Topics include misleading averages, bar codes, crime statistics, DNA, data analysis, expert systems, gasoline, information theory, medical testing, music & computers, nutrition, polls, population growth, probability, remote sensing, SIDS, & vaccines.
  • Mathtools
    This site offers hundreds of math lesson plans, learning activities, and stories for kindergarten through grade 7, and covers algebra, geometry, calculus, and probability and statistics. Specific topics include estimation, fractions, fractals, tessellations, platonic solids, and much more.
  • Media Services: Glossary
    A browsable glossary of terms related to the study of "digital" or "new multimedia," a relatively new and broad subject area that combines traditional image-production techniques (like film and video) with an understanding of digital images, the computers and software used to produce them, and the networks through which they can be shared. From the Department of Media Services, University of California, Santa Cruz.
  • Meet Mexico
    Meet MexicoAn overview of Mexican history, geography, facts, and culture. Includes a section with national symbols and the anthem.
  • Mongabay.com
    Mongabay.com, a leading environmental science Web site, recently expanded and updated its rainforest site, which has been a major resource for teachers, students, and researchers. The revised site includes environmental profiles and deforestation statistics for more than 60 countries.
  • Museum of the Rockies
    Museum of the RockiesPartnership between Montana State University Libraries and the National Leadership Grant for Libraries, created a database, which will make the Plains Indian cultures accessible via the Internet and World Wide Web. The database is titled Images of the Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains.
  • Museums Online
    Museums OnlineMuseumStuff.com is the one-stop shop for museum information, where Internetusers can discover and explore thousands of museums and related resourcesaround the country. This search engine, which features a "broad range ofmuseum 'stuff,'" offers links to various museums, virtual exhibitions,museum events, fun and game sites for secondary and post-secondary students,and educational links.The museum links are arranged in three separatecategories -- art, history, and science -- and can be accessed from the mainpage.
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Digital Library Technology Project
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Digital Library Technology Project - Core Technologies for the National Information Infrastructure."The Digital Library Technology (DLT) project and the Public Use of Remote Sensing Data (RSD) project, are two related elements of the Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications component of NASA's High Performance Computing and Communications Program.
  • National Archives and Record Administration: Access to Archival
    Online access to a selection of nearly 50 million historic electronic records created by more than 20 federal agencies on a wide range of topics. that contains close to 50 million historical records, culled from 350 archival sources from 20 different federal agencies.
  • National Center for Educational Statistics
    (NCES): Search for Schools, Colleges, and LibrariesDatabase of public schools, private schools, colleges, universities, and public libraries in the United States and its territories.Searchable by name of institution, city, or zip code. Clicking on an institution's name in the search results brings up statistical and other information about the institution.
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
    National Council of Teachers of Mathematics • NCTM is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. • Founded in 1920, NCTM is the world’s largest mathematics education organization, with 100,000 members and 250 Affiliates throughout the United States and Canada.
  • National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
    This independent federal agency makes "grants to arts organizations and artists in all fifty states and the six U.S. jurisdictions." Find here grant opportunities and applications, programs categorized by genre, relevant publications, and news.
  • National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
    NFIE provides grants and technical assistance to teachers, education support personnel, and higher education faculty and staff to improve student learning in the nation's public schools. Find out about new grant opportunities.
  • National Gallery of Arts for Kids
    National Gallery of Arts for Kids. The website welcomes you with a visual presentation of pictures and has a list of upcoming programs, films and events for kids.
  • National Geographic Teacher Community
  • National Museum of the American Indian
    The NAMAI web site offers an education section with teacher guides and lists of authentic resources for students: “Your students may have preconceived notions regarding Native Americans. Before visiting the museum, you may want to begin studying ‘fact versus fiction’ concerning indigenous cultures.
  • National Parks Associated with African Americans: An Ethnographic Perspective
    National Parks Associated with African Americans: An Ethnographic Perspective is an interactive map that links to some of the many national parks commemorating the African American story in our nation's culture, heritage, and history. It also includes links to parks having less well known or only recently uncovered associations with African Americans.
  • National Severe Storm Laboratory's Weather Room
    This page provides general information for kids, parents, and teachers. Elementary school coloring books are available for printing and use for weather education.
  • National Story Project with Paul Auster
    The monthly broadcast of the National Story Project was born when writer Paul Auster returned to National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered to focus on telling not just his own stories, but also those of listeners. Read or listen to stories that have aired since November 1999.
  • National Teacher Training Institute: Lesson Plan Database
    National Teacher Training Institute: Lesson Plan Database. Visit this Web site from the National Teacher Training Institute (NTTI) for a set of engaging lesson plans for middle and high school students.
  • Native American/American Indian/First Peoples
    features articles, educational resources, and bibliographies of contemporary and historical Native-themed books as well as bibliographies of books written and/or illustrated by tribal members. The site author is Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of JINGLE DANCER, a contemporary powwow picture book, and an enrolled member of Creek Nation.
  • Neshkinukat
    This is a Web site for Native American artists of California to profile, promote and display their work. "The network is open to Native artists of all traditional and contemporary art forms including painters, sculptors, jewelry makers, silversmiths, writers, bead workers, digital storytellers, photographers, potters, weavers, dancers, musicians, drum makers, singers, composers, poets and more." Browsable.
  • New Science PPT
    Overview of 21st century science and tools ( for teachers and /teacher educators.
  • New York City: After the Fall
    This site combines audio, text, sound, and motion beautifully. It is a thoughtful presentation about the psychological aftermath of September 11th in New York City.
  • NGA CLASSROOM for Teachers and Students
    The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) is a distributed community effort involving educators, students, and scientists working together to improve the quality, quantity, and efficiency of teaching and learning about the Earth system at all levels. Welcome to a place where teachers and students can connect art and curriculum.
  • No Child Left Behind
    Signed into law on January 8, 2002, the No Child Left Behind Bill will significantly impact the terms and conditions of primary and secondary education in America, especially where it comes to how federal monies earmarked for education are allocated.
  • NOAA - Especially for Teachers
    WeatherYou can find information about tornadoes, hurricanes, flash floods, tsunamis and all kinds of hazardous weather.Climate Change and Our PlanetYou can find information about climate change, earth science and sciences as it relates to our planet.Oceans and CoastsThis category includes information about fish, marine mammals, our coasts, navigation and the many facets of the waters that surround our nation.Satellites and SpaceThis category includes information about satellites and space.Training, Other Opportunities&External LinksThis category includes information about Operation Pathfinder, the GLOBE Program, NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program, as well as external links to other websites.
  • NOAA Education Resources
    A page with many links, including experiments and science fair projects.www.nws.noaa.gov/er/box/education.html.
  • NOVA
    At this site you will find science resources for the classroom. You can search by curriculum keyword for lesson plans, interactive applets, downloadable teacher guides, streaming video.
  • Ocean Explorer
    ScientificAmerican.com has selected the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Ocean Explorer Web site as a winner of its 2003 Sci/Tech Web Awards, one of only five sites in the Earth and Environment category, The NOAA Ocean Exploration program strives to engage broad audiences to enhance America’s environmental literacy through the excitement of ocean discovery. Increasing this literacy requires high-quality, effective collaborations between ocean explorers and America’s teachers.
  • Ology
    A cleaver, animated site with activities related to "ology", the study of something. Website includes activities about genetics, paleontology,astronomy and biodiversity.
  • Online Visual Literacy Project
    Online Visual Literacy Project. An exploration of common visual elements including the dot, the line, shape, direction, texture, color, hue, saturation, value, scale, dimension, and motion.
  • Origins of Writing
    Origins of WritingAn exploration of the development of writing that includes Chinese and Korean calligraphy; hieroglyphics of the Mayans, Egyptians, and Olmecs; literacy in Europe; alphabets; the evolution of spoken and written Gaelic in Ireland; and Ogham, the language of the Celts. Additionally, there is information about the Mayan calendar and numbering system, Public Texts In Ancient Societies, writing mediums and systems, and more.
  • Palm Applications in Education
    Palm Applications in Education. Information and reviews on education applications.
  • PBS Kids Cyberchase
    PBS Kids CyberchaseA fun math related game is available every day at Cyberchase. Use the show to reinforce a concept taught in class.
  • People Like Me "It's About Time!"
    World Arts West: People Like Me Activities - This site is a good resource for teachers who want to incorporate performing arts and cultural appreciation into their curriculum.
  • Physics Central
    "We invite you to visit our site every week to find out how physics is part of your world. We'll answer your questions on how things work and keep you informed with daily updates on physics in the news.
  • Physics Education Technology ( PHET)
    produces fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena. More than 35 simulations let students experiment with circuits, string tension, kinetic and potential energy, radio waves and electromagnetic fields, balloons and static electricity, ideal gas and buoyancy, velocity and acceleration, sound waves and the Doppler effect, and more.
  • Planetary Photojournal
    (Scientific American Sci/Tech award) The scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been creating a photo album of the entire universe. View the planets in glorious detail or look through the Hubble telescope at nebulae far beyond our galaxy.
  • PowerPoint in the Classroom
    Written for K-12 students, this tutorial covers all the basics and more of using the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation software. This Microsoft-related site also includes tutorials on other Microsoft programs such as the e-mail software program Outlook Express, the Web browser Internet Explorer 4, and the Web site editor Front Page.
  • Project Based Learning Checklist
    Project Based Learning Checklist from www4teachers and the High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium (check out the great tools at their site) - This is a cool site where you can easily build a checklist for or with your kids before they write, do an oral or multimedia presentation or an experiment. They will know what to look for when they self-evaluate their work.
  • Project Interactivate
    Project Interactivate is mathmatics courseware developed by the Shodor Education Foundation in collaboration with classroom teachers, content experts, curriculum designers and educational technologists. The project contains more than ninety classroom tested interactive activities.
  • Race and Place , an African American Community in the Jim Crow South
    Race and Place: An African American Community in the Jim Crow South is a collaborative work with the Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies at UVA. The project examines the era of segregation in one community and explores African American politics, families, schools, businesses, churches, and other institutions to gain perspective on African American history and the culture of the segregated South.http://.
  • Real Time Data Sets
    Many of our classroom projects use realtime data sites that are difficult to find. This page contains links to some of the most compelling Internet web sites for educational use.
  • Research It!
    - dictionary, thesaurus, famous quotes, maps, translation .
  • Resources for Teachers at the Folger Shakespeare Library
    The Folger Shakespeare Library, a private research institution, is the world's most significant repository of Shakespearean material. Its holdings, which include the largest collection of English Renaissance books outside of the U.K., attract scholars and educators of international repute.
  • Resources from the National Gallery of Art
    The National Gallery of Art can bring the visual arts into your classroom, organization, television network, or library. This federally-funded program has over 120 free-loan education resources.
  • Rocketboom, A Daily VLog with Amanda Condon
    Rocketboom: Daily Vlog With Amanda Congdon "Rocketboom is a three minute daily videoblog [vlog, a blog that primarily uses video for its content]. ..
  • Saudi Aramco World
    Online version of a magazine published by the Saudi Aramco oil company offers a wide range of articles intended to "broaden knowledge of the cultures, history and geography of the Arab and Muslim worlds and their connections with the West." Issues from 1966 to the present are indexed by subject, author, and title. Except for the current issue, illustrations are maintained separately.
  • Scholastic Online Activities
    K-12 lessons and activities designed around web resources by educational publisher Scholastic.
  • School Technology and Readiness
    This CEO forum chart(a focus on digital learning)Year 3 Report (PDF version is 742k- please allow several minutes for download)Year 3 STaR Chart (PDF version) a focus on digital learning.
  • Schools Online
    A searchable collection of study units for both students and teachers. Areas include plant science, incubation and embryology, worm anatomy, natural resources and the environment, apples, aging, sports and nutrition, and social development.
  • Science & Our Food
    In association with the National Science Teachers Association, the Food and Drug Administration offers a supplementary curriculum for middle and high school science teachers.
  • Science with NOAA Research
    - This web page provides middle school science students and teachers with research and investigation experiences using on-line resources. Teachers will find information that will help them prepare students for investigating the various sites in this program.
  • Secondary Assessment tools
    On this site are many types of assessment tools for secondar teachers. Demonstrate mastery of content knowledge and process skills byknowing in advance the criteria for assessment.
  • SEED (Spreading Educator to Educator Developments)
    This web site contains resources and stories about HIgh-Quality Teaching and Learning with Technology (HQTLT) including 110 SEED "Packets," teacher-develeped units of study in all content areas and grade levels, available free for your use.
  • SIBMAS: International Dictionary of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
    SIBMAS: International Dictionary of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions. A listing of over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime).
  • Silk Road, Trade, Travel, War and Faith
    Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith [Macromedia Shockwave] Pathways of travel have led to some of the most compelling and creative cultural exchanges in human history, and the Silk Road was one such pathway. Stretching from China to the Mediterranean, the Silk Road was actually a complex network of interconnected pathways that were influenced by a diverse set of civilizations, including those in China, India, and Turkey.
  • Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide
    is now online at http://www.folklife.si.edu It presents guidelines that Smithsonian folklorists have developed over the years for collecting folklife and oral history from family and community members and features a concise, easy-to-use guide to conducting an interview, as well as sample questions that may be adapted to each interviewer's needs and circumstances. The Guide concludes with a few examples of ways to preserve and present findings, further readings, glossary, and sample information and release forms.
  • Smithsonian Institute-Museums Listings
    Smithsonian Institute-Museums Listings Portal to all of the Smithsonian Institute's Museums.
  • SOHO: Exploring the Sun
    The International Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a cooperative project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
  • Soundzabound.com
    Soundzabound.com - Royalty Free Music.
  • Surrounded by Beauty: The Arts of Native AmericaMinneapolis Institute of Arts
    Surrounded by Beauty: The Arts of Native America Minneapolis Institute of Arts. There is no equivalent in the many Native American languages for the word art.
  • Teacher Professional Development
    WestEd projects support teachers___ career-long growth and development, beginning with preservice education and continuing with induction, inservice, and mentoring programs. Professional development efforts also address the learning needs of child-care professionals and professional developers themselves.Which programs are involved with Teacher Professional Development?Assessment and Standards Development Services (ASDS)Center for Child and Family Studies (CCFS)Center for Prevention and Early Intervention (CPEI)Learning InnovationsNational Center for Improving Science Education (NCISE)Policy ProgramProfessional and Organizational Learning (POL)Science and Mathematics ProgramTeacher Professional Development Program (TPD)Western Regional Educational Laboratory (WREL).
  • Teacher Resource Page
    A compendium of teacher activities for the classroom. Make a barometer or explain the Doppler effect with a classroom activity.
  • Teacher's Mind Resources
    Proposing a teacher-based approach to educational reform, the Teacher's MindResources site is built around a recently published study of education,entitled _Teaching in Mind: How Teacher Thinking Shapes Education_. Whilelargely promotional, the site offers a great deal of perspective into thecurrent analysis of reformist trends and initiatives to stand on its own asa valuable source of insight and inspiration to educators at every level.Philosophically, the site's author is convinced that popular efforts toapply "universal" educational standards are meaningless - if they fail totake into account what each teacher brings to the class as an individual.Thus, it focuses on the teacher's mind as a unique tool destined tointerpret every mandated standard differently and uniquely.
  • Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources
    Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources This site, created by two librarians at the Wolfgram Memorial Library of Widener University, provides a set of checklists to help users analyze the quality of the information at various websites. Types of pages include advocacy, business/marketing, informational, news, and personal web pages.
  • Teaching, Learning & Technology
    A Report on 10 years of ACOT Research. (1995).
  • Teachology
    Teachology is a series of staff development segments available for teachers and administrators to utilize on the web. The first three segments spotlight teachers implementing effective and motivational strategies in their classrooms.
  • Tech Encyclopedia
    Tech Encyclopedia. "More than 20,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts...
  • Technology and Learning on Line
    Abstract:This World Wide Web (WWW) site presents an online version of TECHNOLOGY&LEARNING, a magazine created for K to 12 school administrators, teachers, and technology coordinators. An article in the issue reviewed, What does research say about technology's impact on education? From the editor of the print publication is included along with interviews from research experts and links to sources of information about related educational research.
  • Technology in the Classroom: Asking the Right Questions
    Lynn Schrum of the International Society for Technology in Education believes that teachers must take the lead to find the best ways to use technology to enhance teaching and learning.She goes on to explain the uses of technology.She says"Technology lends itself to exploration. But before we can use it effectively, we need to value exploration as real teaching and real learning.
  • Technology Resources for Teachers
    Resources to help teachers make the best use of technology in teaching their day-to-day curriculum.Please note that this section is based on abstracts found in ENC's database of K-12 materials. All ENC abstracts are descriptions rather than evaluative reviews.Source www.enc.org.
  • TERC
    Founded in 1965, TERC is a not-for-profit education research and development organization in Cambridge, Massachusetts.TERC's mission is to improve mathematics, science, and technology teaching and learning. TERC works at the edges of current theory and practice to:*contribute to understanding of learning and teaching*foster professional development*develop applications of new technologies*create curricula and other products*support school reformThey imagine a future in which learners from diverse communities engage in creative, rigorous, and reflective inquiry as an integral part of their lives.
  • TerraServer
    TerraServer contains 3.3 tera-bytes of high resolution USGS aerial imagery and USGS topographic maps. You can locate imagery by clicking on the map above, entering a city or town name in the "Search TerraServer" form at the top of the page, or entering a U.S.
  • Terrorism, Teaching, and Technology
    READING FOR RHETORIC IN SEPTEMBER 11TH DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET. Elizabeth Losh University of California, Irvine.
  • The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation by Kathy Schrock
    The author states this as the ABC's or beginning evaluation of web sites for teacher use in quality instruction.
  • The Anacostia Museum and Center for African-American History and Culture
    Focuses on modern African-American history and culture.
  • The Archaeology Channel
    The Archaeology Channel is a public-education project of our nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI). We created this streaming-media website as a way of sharing with people everywhere the important messages of archaeology and indigenous peoples.
  • The Athena Project
    On June 10, 2003, the first Mars Exploration Rover (MER) spacecraft was launched on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. After a seven month flight, it will enter the martian atmosphere in January, 2004.
  • The Braille Bug
    The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug web site to teach sighted children about braille, and to encourage literacy among all children. AFB--a national nonprofit founded in 1921 and the organization to which Helen Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life--addresses the critical issues, such as literacy, that are facing America's ten million blind or visually impaired children and adults.
  • The Center for History and New Media
    Since 1994, the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) has used digital media and computer technology to change the ways that people scholars, students, and the general public--learn about and use the past. This great site combines "the most exciting and innovative digital media with the latest and best historical scholarship." From George Mason University.
  • The Digital Book Index
    A database of over 60,000 fiction and nonfiction e-books from over 1,800 publishers. Many categories of books are listed, including reference, history, children's, and African American studies.
  • The Digital Classroom
    Primary Sources, Activities, and Training for Educators and StudentsThe Digital Classroom! To encourage teachers of students at all levels to use archival documents in the classroom, the Digital Classroom provides materials from the National Archives and methods for teaching with primary sources. offerings.Primary Sources and ActivitiesReproducible primary documents, educational units correlated to national academic standards, and cross-curricular connectionsGeneral and National History Day ResearchActivities for learning to do research at the NARA Web sitePublications.
  • The Dirksen Congressional Center's Web Suite
    The Dirksen Congressional Center conducts programming in four areas: historical collections, research, education, and community service. Select from the list on the left to learn more about specific programs.
  • The Dolley Madison Project
    The Dolley Madison Project provides a window onto the domestic, political, and social worlds of Dolley Madison and on the development of elite Washington, D.C. society in the early national period.
  • The Dynamic Earth
    An interactive treasure trove for earth science scholars and students. Information is available in text form and in interactive multimedia.
  • The Electronic Naturalist
    Grade(s): K - 8 Synopsis: While the title may seem to be a contradiction in terms (how can anything electronic be natural?), the site itself is a wonderful resource that brings a different nature topic right to students' desktops each week. Topics include "creepy crawlies," fish, reptiles, birds...basically anything that lives in nature.
  • The Encyclopedia Mythica: An Encyclopedia on Mythology, Folklore, Mysticism, and More...
    This site provides a series of short glosses on characters and elements from Chinese, Etruscan, Egyptian, Greek, Norse, Persian, and Roman mythology. The site features only brief articles on its various topics, but it is an excellent cross-reference resource when basic information is all that is needed.
  • The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
    Bob Hoffman, Bob Hoffman, email Bob.Hoffman@_NO_SPAM_sdsu.edu (delete "_NO_SPAM_" from this address before using.), General Editor A publication of San Diego State University Department of Educational Technology This document is best seen with the latest browsers. The following plug-ins are required to fully interact with this document: Download Shockwave | Download QuickTime The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (EET) is a collection of short multimedia articles on a variety of topics related to the fields of instructional design and education and training.
  • The Encyclopedia of World History
    The good people at Bartleby.com have long prided themselves on providing a host of important works online for the benefit of those seeking online edification. One of the more recent volumes they have placed on their site is The Encyclopedia of World History, edited by Peter N.
  • The Exploratorium's Digital Library
    Welcome to the Exploratorium’s Digital Library. The different collections in the library include digital media and digitized museum materials related to interactive exhibits and scientific phenomena, including images, educational activities in PDF and html formats, QuickTime movies, streaming media, and audio files.
  • The Galapagos Islands
    Explore Galápagos Guide to see, hear, and learn about the island wildlife, landscape, and even about the undersea submersible used by scientists in the film to explore the Galápagos waters. Classroom Investigations contains downloadable and online activities to use at home or in class.
  • The Gateway
    http://www.thegateway.org/This is a great searching site for K-12 lessons and other teacher's materials.
  • The Global Schoolhouse
    Offers programs that help teachers integrate use of the Internet into their teaching. Intended for all levels of Internet use, and includes activities for students at all age levels.
  • The Glory of Chinese Printing
    The Glory of Chinese Printing. This site explores the ancient history of Chinese printing.
  • The Jane Goodall Institute
    The Jane Goodall Institute advances the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment for all living things. With Dr.
  • The K-12 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
    The principles of aeronautics for elementary and middle school children, presented in three levels in English and Spanish for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students. Curriculum Bridges provides activities that show the relationships between aeronautics and math, language arts, social studies, visual/performing arts, and literature.
  • The LOC.gov Wise Guide
    This Wise Guide portal was designed to introduce you to the many fascinating, educational and useful resources available from the nation's library and one of the most popular Web sites of the federal government. The federal government and the Library of Congress, in particular, maintain and develop hundreds of Web sites.
  • The Mission & Principles of Professional Development
    Professional development plays an essential role in successful education reform. Professional development serves as the bridge between where prospective and experienced educators are now and where they will need to be to meet the new challenges of guiding all students in achieving to higher standards of learning and development.
  • The NASA Why? Files
    The NASA Why? FilesThe NASA Why? Files is a U.S.distance learning initiative that integrates the use of a television broadcast, web site, and educator's guide. The project uses Problem-Based Learning to introduce students in grades 3-5 to NASA research and missions.
  • The National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
    The National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities tracks key K-12 school facilities issues.Resource Lists are annotated bibliographies that include links to full text publications and related Web sites, descriptions of books, studies, reports and journal articles. A Mediation Model For Dynamic Literacy Instruction - Lisbeth Dixon-Krauss"Jerome Bruner remarked that Vygotsky's conception of development is at the same time a theory of education (Bruner, 1987).
  • The National Lightning Safety Page
    Here's lots of information about lightning safety. You can download the Online Lightning Quiz to your computer by clicking on the .exe file.
  • The New Americans
    The New Americans - "Follow a diverse group of immigrants and refugees as they leave their home and families behind and learn what it means to be new Americans in the 21st century." Watch video clips, listen to music and take a quiz that will challenge your idea of what it means to be "American." Companion site to the independent film shown on PBS. The New Americans Web site offers an online educational adventure for 7th-12th grade students.
  • The Open Directory
    Largest collections of art resources on the Web. The directory includes sites in the liberal arts (i.e., language) and fine arts (i.e., aesthetics) collected by editors who share their expertise in the spirit of the Open Source movement: to build a high quality free public service.
  • The Pantheon
    The Greek world of gods and goddesses is extremely intricate, and The Pantheon Web site provides an effective way to begin learning about this world, both for beginners and for those looking to brush up on their knowledge of their exploits and times.
  • The Particle Adventure
    - Find answers to the eternal, fundamental questions of physics: "What is the world made of?" and "What holds it together?" The information on this site is clearly presented and well organized, with fabulous resources for teachers, including student activity sheets and links to particle physics education sites. (This site uses Flash and Shockwave.) This website requires cookies, Javascript, and Macromedia Flash.
  • The Plant Pathology Internet Guidebook
    The Plant Pathology Internet Guidebook is a searchable, annotated, "subject oriented internet resource guide for plant pathology, applied entomology, and all related fields." Topics include: bacteriology, entomology, mycology, nematology, virology, weeds, and parasitic plants.
  • The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt [QuickTime, RealPlayer]
    The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt. This new online exhibit from the National Gallery of Art will be a real treat for those with a passion for the ancient civilization of Egypt.
  • The Schomburg Legacy: Documenting the Global Black Experience for the 21st Century
    This exhibition from the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture "presents a comprehensive survey of the development of the Center's collections since the death of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1938) and explores the Center's role as the premier public research library in the world devoted to documenting and preserving the histories and cultures of people of African descent worldwide." Subjects: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture -- History | Blacks | African Americans | African diaspora | Special libraries -- New York (State) -- New York | Black History Month | New this week.
  • The Underground Railroad
    During the 1800s, over one hundred thousand enslaved fugitives sought freedom through the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad is the symbolic term given to the routes enslaved Black Americans took to gain their freedom as they traveled, often as far as Canada and Mexico.
  • The Virtual Cave
    This site tells the story of caves in words and pictures: what's in them and how it got there. Because caves are so diverse, I've split them into four underground realms.
  • The WebQuest Page
    A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
  • The Wing Luke Asian Museum
    The Wing Luke Asian Museum. This Seattle, Washington, museum "engages the Asian Pacific American communities and the public in exploring issues related to the culture, art and history of Asian Pacific Americans." The Web site has museum information including its special, permanent, and past exhibits; public events; educational resources; and visitor services.
  • The WWW Virtual Library
    The WWW Virtual LibraryAgricultureAgriculture, Gardening, Forestry, Irrigation...Business and EconomicsEconomics, Finance, Marketing, Transportation...ComputingComputing, E-Commerce, Languages, Web...Communications and MediaCommunications, Telecommunications, Journalism...EducationEducation, Applied Linguistics, Linguistics...EngineeringCivil, Chemical, Electrical...HumanitiesAnthropology, History, Museums, Philosophy...Information&LibrariesGeneral Reference, Information Quality, Libraries...International AffairsInternational Security, Sustainable Development, UN...LawArbitration, Law, Legal History...RecreationRecreation and Games, Gardening, Sport...Regional StudiesAfrican, Asian, Latin American, West European...ScienceBiosciences, Health, Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry...SocietyPolitical Science, Religion, Social Sciences...
  • Tools for Learning
    These are resources for helping with student learning. Find out what resources are available to parents, teachers, administrators and communities to provide kids with the tools to be successful in school.
  • Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links
    Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links. A collection of annotated links to articles, bibliographies, newsgroups, and other resources providing insight on how various groups view medical and health issues.
  • TryScience
    TryScience.org wants you to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology through online and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide. Science is exciting, and it's for everyone! That's why TryScience and over 400 science centers worldwide invite you to investigate, discover, and try science yourself.
  • U.S. Education Standards
    Education World presents the objectives of the voluntary National Education Standards for the major subject areas. This site allows educators to stay abreast of the current efforts being made in the area of National Standards.
  • Unified Vision: The Architecture and Design of the Prairie School
    Unified Vision: The Architecture and Design of the Prairie School Founded by Louis Sullivan and popularized by his famous pupil, Frank Lloyd Wright, the Prairie School of architectural design was predominantly middle western. This site offers a look at elements that define the style, a virtual tour of Prairie School buildings in Minnesota, and an online tour of the exemplary Purcell-Cutts house.
  • Urban Classroom Success Stories
    Urban Classroom Success Stories Featured in October Issue Of Enc Focus. http://www.enc.org/text/focus/ In the fall issue of ENC Focus, teachers who work in urban classrooms sharetheir approaches to math and science instruction, and at the same time point out that their challenge is the same as their colleagues' in suburban and rural schools-to teach all children well.
  • USGS Learning Web
    K-12 students, can come get what they need to do homework. Put creativity into your project.
  • USGS National Mapping Information
    The U.S. government has spent our tax dollars mapping and snapping its territories and the world.
  • Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms for Early Lessons in Life
    This site, created by the Center for Insect Science Education Outreach at the University of Arizona, contains online curriculum and resources developed to support K-3 teachers interested in moving from a traditional textbook-driven curriculum to a more integrated, hands on, inquiry approach. This site contains twenty integrated lessons with science and math activities that use live insects.
  • Visible Proofs-Forensic Views of the Body
    Companion to a 2006-2008 exhibition that teaches about the history of forensic medicine, items in a forensic laboratory, and recent developments in forensic science. Features galleries of significant cases (such as the autopsy of President Lincoln), technologies, biographies of prominent scientists, and artifacts.
  • Visual Quantum Mechanics
    Designed to "introduce quantum physics to high school and college students who do not have a background in modern physics or higher level math." Utilizing the Shockwave plug-in, these "interactive computer visualizations and animations provide graphical descriptions of quantum effects." Site explores "properties of light emitting diodes, tunneling diodes, solar cells and even glow-in-the-dark toothbrushes are explored." From the Physics Education Research Group, Kansas State University.
  • VolcanoWorld
    The Web's Premier Source for Volcano InformationVolcanoWorld has been the Internet's leading source of information about volcanoes since January 1995. Each year VW serves about 4 million different users, including grade school kids, teachers, college students, professors, researchers, government scientists and the general public.
  • VORTEX: Unraveling the Secrets - A Storybook This project, Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment
    VORTEX: Unraveling the Secrets - A Storybook This project, Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment, helps teachers and students understand facts about tornadoes and shows how the scientific method of making observations, collecting data, and developing and testing hypotheses to reach an informed conclusion is used.
  • War and Peace
    "War & Peace" exhibits photos, maps, & documents related to America's wars.Features include a Civil War timeline, letters from soldiers,homefront contributions during World War I & II, American women workers during World War II, man-on-the-street interviews after Pearl Harbor, "The Stars & Stripes" newspaper(for Army troops in France 1918-19), Winston Churchill, the Marshall Plan, Ansel Adam's book of photos of a World War II internment camp, & the Veterans History Project. (LOC) .
  • Wayback Machine
    The Wayback Machine makes it possible to surf more than 10 billion pages stored in the Internet Archive's web archive. The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
  • We'll Sing To Abe Our Song!: Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War
    "We'll Sing To Abe Our Song!": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War"Includes more than two hundred sheet-music compositions that represent Lincoln and the war as reflected in popular music. The collection spans the years from Lincoln's presidential campaign in 1859 through the centenary of Lincoln's birth in 1909." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by title, name, subject, and publisher.
  • WebQuest Rubric Template and Rubric Collection
    WebQuest Rubric Template and Rubric Collection can be found at this site produced by Education Service Center Region 20 (San AntonioTX) and teachers in that region.The site features rubrics to evaluate student products created as a result of webquests. Some are based on the excellent rubric template found at the Rubric Collection web site, while the majority are based on the ingenuity and creativity of teachers.http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/rubrics/Default.htm.
  • What's that stuff?
    Grades: 4 - 12. Synopsis: Warning: After reading this web site, you might not ever be able to enjoy Cheez Whiz on your broccoli again.
  • Windows to the Universe
    This site represents interdisciplinary lessons in astronomy, global change, weather, mythology on three levels advance, medium and beginner. There are specialized teacher pages and workpages for students.Lesson Plans and Activities for the ClassroomToolsTeacher WorkbookClassroom ActivitiesEducational LinksTeachers___ Share-A__"ThonEducational Standards SearchClimate and Global ChangeWorkshop for Educators.
  • With an Even Hand: Brown v. Board at Fifty
    Presents more than 80 photos, letters and newspapers manuscripts, maps, music, & films related to the Supreme Court's 1954 decision that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." The online exhibit is organized in three parts: previous court cases that laid the ground work for the decision, the argument underpinning the ruling & the public's initial response, & the aftermath. (LOC) .
  • Witness & Response: September 11 Acquisitions
    Witness & Response: September 11 Acquisitions presents photos, prints, eye-witness accounts, headlines,books, magazines, songs, maps, & videotapes related to September 11, 2001. Photos of ground zero taken during & after the attacks by news photographers in New York City are included, as are press reactions from around the world.
  • Women's Words of Wisdom: Thoughts Over Time
    This interactive presentation features quotations from women such as Nellie Bly, Rachel Carson, Amelia Earhart, Ella Fitzgerald, Mary Harris Jones, Annie Oakley, and Harriet Tubman. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.
  • World Treasures of the Library of Congress: Beginnings
    The international collections of the Library of Congress started with the arrival of the Thomas Jefferson library in 1815. Today the Library's international collections are unparalleled; they are comprehensive in scope and include research materials in more than 460 languages and in many media.
  • WWW Hmong Homepage
    The WWW Hmong Homepage brings together a collection of Internet-based resources related to Hmong people, including news and current events, issues, history, publications, and culture.
  • WWW.4teachers
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site is a free, Web based monthly publication that provides a place where educators and others with interests in K to 12 education can encounter new ideas about technology's role in education. At this site they can express their opinions, share experiences, and be inspired and educated by other teachers' narratives about using technology in educational settings.
  • Zoom Into Maps
    offers hundreds of historical maps -- maps showing European exploration of the Americas; migration, population, & economic activity; the growth of roads, railways, canals, river systems, telephone systems, telegraph routes, & radio coverage; landforms, recreational, & wilderness areas; troop movements, battle routes, & campsites during major U.S.military conflicts; & more. The collection features a 2003 map of U.S.

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